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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

mm L. OWENS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB. OF ONE-HALE TO LUNG-STRASDYEING' & CLEANING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OFMIS- I IVIETHOD OF REPAIRING TURNED SHOES.

Specification of Reissued'L'etters Patent. 'Reissued 1131-, 2, 192()Original 1%. 1,244,772, dated bctober so, 1917, Serial No. 183,462,filed July so, 1917, "Application for reissue filed August 4, 1919.Serial No. 315,342.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. OWENS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methodsof Repairing Turned Shoes, of Which the a new sole to what aretechnically known as turned shoes, in distinction to the slow andtedious method of hand-stitching, which is now followed in such work.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numbers of reference denotelike parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 represents a turned shoe with the new half-sole secured at oneend to the shank of the shoe by a transverse row of small tacks;

Fig. 2 depicts the next step in the process, namely, the reversal of thevamp through the upper;

Fig. 3 depicts the third step, namely, the reversal of the sole in likemanner;

Fig. 4 depicts the following step, namely, the insertion of a speciallyformed last;

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken along line 55 1n Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the said last.

Heretofore, the resoling of a. pair of turned shoes (as distinguishedfrom shoes made by the welt or McKay method) has required the outlay ofconsiderable time and effort, due to the fact that the removal of theworn sole left the vamp entirely without support, so that the new solecould In the practice of this invention, the

worn sole is first removed from the vamp and the new sole 1 fastened tothe shank 2 of the shoe by a transverse row of small tacks 3, the outeror Wearing surface of the sole being indicated by 4 and the outersurface of the vamp being indicated by 5. Following this step, the vampis turned inwardly behind the sole, as the parts appear in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, forced upward between the upper, as shown in Fig. 2, and thenpulled outwardly and completely reversed, so as to expose the lining 6,after which the sole is reversed in like manner, so as to bring itsinner surface 7 uppermost, as shown in Fig. 3.

These steps, which constitute the essential steps of the method, havingbeen carried out, means are provided for securing the parts in relativepositions during the final stitching.- Such means is here shown as ahalf-last 8, which is arranged Within the vamp, as illustrated in Fig.1, so that its inclined surface 9 lies substantially flush with theshank 2, and its upper squared end 10 may abut the inner surface 11 ofthe heel 12, and the material may or may not be tacked to the last. Ineither manner, the last is locked against displacement. By reference toFigs. 5 and 6 it will'be seen that the sole or bottom 13 of the last 8is sharply beveled, as at 14:, so as to permit the insertion of themachine-driven needle by which the sole of the shoe is finally stitchedto the vamp, as indicated at 15, although such machine-stitching is notabsolutely necessary. Thereafter the vamp and sole are forced backwardthrough the upper and thus reversed, so as to expose their wearingsurfaces, the repair being then completed andthe shoe ready for use.

Having thus fully described the method of my-invention, I claim:

1. The method of resoling turned shoes or slippers consisting ininitially securing the sole to the shank, only reversing that portion ofthe vamp forward of the breast line of the heel with the applied sole,and securing the sole in position while the parts are reversed.

2. The method of resoling turned shoes consisting in only reversing thatportion of the vamp forward of the breast line of the heel with thesole, inserting means within the turned parts to hold them in properrelation for securing the sole in place, and securing the sole while theparts are in reversed positions.

3. The method of resoling turned shoes consisting in securing the soleto the shank of the shoe, only reversin that ortion of the vamp forwardof the reast me of the heel with the applied sole, and stitching thesole in positlon while the parts are reversed;

reversin 4. The method of resoling turned shoes and slippers whichconsists in first securin an extremity of the new sole to the sha of theshoe or slipper, nextreversing the vamp and sole so as to expose theinner surfaces of these parts, then inserting a halflast between theheel of the shoe or slipper and the toe thereof, next securing the soleto the vamp by machine stitching, and finally the sole and vamp so as toexpose the wearlng surfaces of these arts.

In testimony whereof, I ave hereunto affixed my signature.

WILLIAM A. OWENS.

